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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Plymouth City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,410 approved · 419 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2021 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pavement Outside 1-5 Frankfort Gate Plymouth PL1 1QA
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside 1-5 Frankfort Gate Plymouth PL1 1QA
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside 140 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1SW
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside 140 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1SW
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside O/S British Heart Foundation, 60 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1LR
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside O/S British Heart Foundation, 60 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1LR
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Tsb Bank, 162 Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1LY
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Tsb Bank, 162 Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1LY
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Toni & Guy, 14 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, PL1 1LP
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Toni & Guy, 14 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, PL1 1LP
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside B&M Store, 31 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1NW
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside B&M Store, 31 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1NW
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Costa, 51-53 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Costa, 51 -53 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Plymouth City Council 1St Stop Shop, 71 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Plymouth City Council 1St Stop Shop, 71 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Sports Direct, 82-84 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RX
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Sports Direct, 82-84 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RX
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Poundland, 56-58 Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 1DZ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Poundland, 56-58 Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 1DZ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Co-Op Funeralcare, 61 Exeter Street, Plymouth, Pl4 0AH
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Co-Op Funeralcare, 61 Exeter Street, Plymouth, Pl4 0AH
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Crowne Plaza Plymouth, Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2HJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Crowne Plaza Plymouth, Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2HJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Plymouth City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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